Okay, people, I'm sorry for the slow update. Some chapters write themselves, and some, namely this one, don't. I've been working on and off with this one. It's pretty boring, I know, but it's really just to inform you of what's happening in their lives. So read, review, and forgive me for not updating sooner. I'll do better next time, I promise.

Chapter 11: Changes

The whole family, plus Enos and Cooter, moved Bo into the new addition that weekend. Bo was still nervous about it, but it wasn't like he was moving across the country, just across the house. The process took that whole Saturday, and that would be Bo's first night in his new home, or room or whatever.

Bo closed the door to his new area of the Duke homestead, and sat down on the couch that Cooter had given him. Lois was safely tucked away in her new room, and Bo took the opportunity to catch up on some much needed sleep. Lois, although now she was better, had required much care and attention from her father at night while she was sick.

He was pulled from his dreamless sleep a while later when she heard a shriek coming from the main area of the house. He ran into the living room as fast as he could, only to find Daisy jumping into Enos's outstretched arms. Luke, Cooter, and Jesse stood off to the side, smiling.

"What's goin' on?" Bo asked. Nobody paid any attention to the confused man's question.

"Oh, Enos!" Daisy cried.

"I'll take that as a yes," Enos said, laughing.

"Please do!" Daisy told him. "It is a yes! That's exactly what that is!"

"Hello?" Bo said. "What's goin' on?"

Finally Daisy noticed her younger cousin asking what was happening. "Enos asked me ta marry 'im!" she exclaimed.

"'Bout time, too," Cooter commented. "I was beginnin' ta think he'd never ask 'er. I was thinkin' Daisy was gonna grow up ta be an ol' maid."

"Oh, Cooter," Daisy said, in a scolding manner.

"Well, anyways, congratulations guys!" Bo said, grinning.

"Glad ya feel that way, Bo," Enos said, "cause I was hopin' ya'd be my best man. An' Luke an' Cooter would be groomsmen, along with Cletus."

"I'd be glad too," Bo said. In truth, he was touched that Enos gave him the honor of being the best man. He was sure that would go to Cletus, or even Rosco. Cooter and Luke also told Enos they would be groomsmen.

"Great, now I'll be the only one in this family who's never been married," Luke pointed out. "An' I'm the oldest cousin!"

"Well, I ain't married now," Bo told him sadly.

"Yeah, but you've been married," Luke said. That's when he noticed the hurt look on his youngest cousin's face. He mentally kicked himself. "I'm sorry, Bo, I wasn't thinkin'."

Bo managed a small smile. "It's all right, Luke."

Daisy leaned against Bo and pulled him in for a hug. He smiled and kissed the top of her head.


A few months later, not too long before Lois's first birthday, was the day of Enos and Daisy's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony, considerably outdoing Bo and Michelle's shotgun wedding just over a year earlier.

Jesse gave Daisy away, and tears welled in his eyes. Daisy's maid of honor was Sue Ann Payton, a bridesmaid in Bo's wedding. Mary Beth Ramsey was also a bridesmaid, along with two more friends, Jamie Newman and Emma Cochrane. Becky Lee Ramsey wasn't the flowergirl this time, because she was visiting her cousins in Chickasaw. Instead, Bo carried his daughter down the aisle, and they threw flowers together. Once they got to the end, Lois was handed to Uncle Jesse as he sat in the front pew of the church.

Lois as flower girl was a last minute thing, so while it wasn't perfect, it was the best thing they could come up with. She did an ideal job for a baby. She didn't cry, which would've made the already stressed out Daisy even more tense.

Luke found himself interested in Jamie after noticing how incredibly beautiful she looked in her bridesmaid dress. Cooter was still hopelessly in love with Sue Ann, but unfortunately, she had a steady boyfriend now, a guy Cooter had always hated, but especially now that he was with Sue Ann.

Luke was awarded the pleasure of a dance with Jamie during the reception, and Bo half-heartedly danced with Emma. It was the first time he had socialized with a woman since Michelle passed away nearly a year before.

Bo was having a hard time getting over the death of his wife. The rest of the Dukes figured it was because it had all been sudden, and even that Lois reminded of that tragic event. Bo felt bad because he knew Lois's first birthday was two weeks away on May 4, and he was afraid the sadness of the anniversary of Michelle's death would overshadow the happiness of his daughter's birthday.


Enos had lived in a three bedroom house just outside of town, and now Daisy was to move in with him. Lois's surrogate mother was now out of the house, and Bo took on more responsibility than ever before.

It wasn't long before Luke was getting serious with Jamie Newman. They seemed to go out every night, reminding Bo of how he used to do the same with Michelle. That was when he finally came to the realization that he had been so busy trying to get the hang of being a father, that he hadn't really greived the loss of his wife, even if it had now been over a year since her death.

Lois's first birthday had been a success. The baby had failed in getting most of the cake in her mouth; instead she got it everywhere else. That's when Bo realized it wouldn't be long before his daughter would soon be a walking, talking mistress of distruction around the house.